at this point, i disconnected the wire connector and ribbon cable from the board, and laid it down to remove the chip and insert the new one.

i'm somewhat used to dealing with ribbon cables and it took me about 10 minutes to get it back in the slot with someone holding the flashlight.

looking back on it, if that person were around prior to me having to remove the chip i would have had them hold the board as you can see my hand in the pic

removing the chip with the board still connected and someone holding it should be easy.